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Online travel companies Travelocity and Priceline late Tuesday warned that the terrorist attacks of September 11th may hurt results later this year as consumers and businesses cut back on travel. Like rival Expedia, which earlier in the day said it expects business to pick up later in the year d...

To date, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has only gone after spam in cases in which deceptive advertising was being prosecuted. Unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE) itself, regardless of its contents, has not been a target. Some experts think that should change. "The issue is crystal clea...

Some eBay users, questioning both the auction giant's motives and requirements for a charity auction benefiting victims of last week's terrorist attacks on the United States, are accusing the company of building its corporate image at their expense. "How dare eBay ask we small sellers to bankroll...

While the Internet is proving to be a valuable tool for homebuyers, offering information about prices, neighborhoods and mortgage options, the Web is unlikely to replace the local real-estate agent anytime in the near future, analysts say. Real estate brokers and agents, however, have to keep pac...

eBay said Monday it has set up a charity auction to benefit the families of victims of last week's terrorist attacks on the United States and challenged its massive community to raise US$100 million in 100 days. eBay said it will waive all fees for listings and sales made through the Auction for...

In Part 1 of this primer for small offline businesses that want to go online, we saw how much planning is involved in making the move, from selecting the inventory that will be sold, to choosing which companies will design and host the site. In Part 2, we learn that setting up an e-tail outlet a...

Sites offering contests and promotional offers, financial management tools and multi-state lottery information were the newcomers to the Internet's Top 50 Web sites, according to the latest online audience measurement report from Jupiter Media Metrix, released Monday. "What we're seeing is the b...

Automobile manufacturers are poised to wrestle control of the online car buying marketplace from third-party auto sales sites such as Carpoint.com and Autotrader, according to a report released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix. Although the third-party sites currently draw far more Web visitors th...

Sellers hoping to cash in on the terrorist attacks against the U.S. on Tuesday have opened auctions hawking things related to the tragedies, despite bans on such auctions instituted by the two largest online auction sites. Both eBay and Yahoo! Auctions posted policies shortly after the attacks ba...

E-commerce service provider Global Sports continued its expanding ways Friday by announcing its intent to purchase perhaps the leading name in pure-play online luxury sales, Ashford.com. The acquisition is arguably the first of any significance in the e-commerce world since Tuesday's terrorist a...

General Motors, Suzuki Motors, Fuji Heavy Industries and Isuzu Motors announced they have formed a joint venture company, Japan Auto Web Services. The first item on the new company's agenda, executives said, is the immediate establishment of BuyPower Japan, an online automotive shopping service.

In the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks, much of America has come to a stop. From darkened baseball stadiums where pennant races were being played to the world of e-commerce, much of what made up normal daily activity has been put on hold. And experts say it might be a while before things begi...

Online retailers, like their brick-and-mortar counterparts, are collecting donations and helping the Red Cross with its effort to recover and aid victims following Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the crash of a hijacked plane in rural Pennsylvania. Ama...

Setting up an e-tail outlet is a natural progression for small offline retailers, according to experts, but in order to succeed, retailers need to plan, plan, plan. For starters, Gartner research director David Schehr told the E-Commerce Times, retailers need to carefully evaluate whether they ar...